Sunday, April 18, 2010

American Vegan Kitchen Giveaway!

Two reasons: 1) Noyes' debut book is filled with lip-smacking recipes for comfort food so comfy, it'll make you want to change into your PJs and settle into your ratty old sofa with a soft cat on your lap and steaming bowl of vegan eats in your hands. And 2) Because my daddy is the best dad a girl could ever ask for!

You see, my dad read my gushing reviews of Tami's book (from Vegan Appetite) a few weeks ago on this blog. Then he called me to ask if I'd like to give away a couple of copies if he ordered them from Amazon. Um, do vegans eat tofu? Of course I would! So daddy ordered a few copies, and I'm giving them away to two lucky random commenters on this post.

But first, I want to show y'all another reason why you need Tami's book. Just look at this hearty Seitan Goulash with Kraut over Parsleyed Noodles:

Like many recipes in Tami's book, this one starts with a base of homemade savory seitan cutlets. Sure, it's a little time-consuming to make your own seitan, but I promise it's more than worth it. I won't even buy that pre-packaged seitan anymore. Tami's seitan-makin' method is quite different from my own, in that hers involves browning the dough in a skillet and then roasting it in the oven. I typically use the boil-down-in-broth method. Now I love it prepared both ways, and I'm glad to be introduced to another method for making seitan.

The rest of the goulash combines tangy sauerkraut, diced tomatoes, carrots, and mushrooms. And the most important ingredient — beer (I used Sam Adams Boston Lager). The goulash is served atop simple whole wheat noodles adorned with parsley, soy margarine, and a wee bit of salt. A little dab of Tofutti sour cream on top, and you've got yourself one helluva meal. I ate the leftovers from last night's dinner tonight, and the hoppy beer flavor is even better the next day.

You can see this recipe and loads of other diner-style favorites (like Tempeh Stroganoff-Stuffed Potatoes, Sweet Garlicky Ribs, and Apple Butterscotch Pie) if you win American Vegan Kitchen.

Here's what you've gotta do: At the end of this post, leave me a comment letting me know your favorite comfort food. Be sure to include an email address if you don't have a blog that I can track you down on.

For extra entries, link to this contest on Facebook, and leave me an additional comment to let me know. Same thing goes for Twitter. Also, if you have a blog, mention and link back to this contest on your blog, and let me know in an additional comment. That means each person can have a maximum of four entries!

Also, sorry to all of my international friends, but I'll have to restrict the contest to U.S. residents only since my dad will be handling the shipping. Good luck! I'll leave the contest open until Thursday at 10 a.m. CST.

My partner makes the world's best spaghetti sauce, and together with al dente pasta and garlic bread, it's a total over-carb comfort scene. We have salad, too, but hey, it's the pasta! Thanks for doing this give-away.

Awww, your Dad is so sweet. I've been eyeing up this book, so even if I don't win, I think I will be ordering it for myself.

Right now my favourite super-quick-and-easy comfort food is a one-pot soup/stew hybrid of whatever veggies I have in the house with some miso paste added at the end (tastes so good and makes it seem fancier than just normal soup). It works great with chopped-up potatoes or rice, lots of veg, chunks of tofu etc etc!

my favorite comfort food is grilled cheese with tomato basil soup. Until recently, I haven't had a grilled cheese in a long while, well, because of the cheese part! But the Whole Foods near me recently started carrying Daiya vegan cheese and decided to try it out in grilled cheese form - it was DELICIOUS!

Your Dad is the sweetest! Please tell him thank you for his generosity.

It may not be what most people think of "comfort food", but the most comforting meal to me is the avocado-cucumber sushi roll from a local sushi place. Or a meal of rice and beans with chips and salsa.

When I am sick, I want mashed potatoes with the skins still on them. When I am depressed, mashed potatoes with raw garlic in them. When I am starving and only have 20 minutes to cook and serve and clean up, mashed potatoes (that I have frozen from the above two) will tide me over. BTW-If you pick me, I already have the book. In fact I bought two copies because I am giving one to a woman who insists she is a vegetarian but eats chicken. I am gonna send her the book with some premade seitan all spiced up. So pick someone else for the freebie. Sadly, I know no one who cooks anything but warmed up fast food.

My favorite comfort foods are peanut butter, iced tea, and mashed potatoes... not all in one bowl. :P They're all things my grandma used to give me when I didn't feel well, so I'm sure that has something to do with it.

Lately we're under a fair amount of stress, and we're constantly making a new favorite, what we call "vegan french bread pizza": basically whole wheat french bread hollowed out, filled with sauteed tempeh-kale-mushroom in tomato sauce, topped with FYH mozzarella and garlic salt, and toasted/broiled in the oven till melty and crusty. So good.

Thanks for the contest! I love grilled cheese sandwiches, but a close second would be nut butter. I think you can transform just about anything--carrots, celery, bananas--into comfort food by slathering it with nut butter.

Wow, that was so cool of your dad to do that!It would be hard for me to pick one comfort food. I was raised by a southern farmer's daughter. But I love homemade mac 'n cheese(now veganized), veggie "ribs", and grits!

so awesome of you to host such a wonderful give-away and so cool of your dad to sponser it. doublew00t! :) i never made my own seitain before going gluten-free and actually, i had only had it once before - i kinda wish i had enjoyed more of it. when i get Tami's book (fingers crossed for a win or i'll fo 'sho be asking for it for my birthday) i'm gonna have to make her goulash with kraut over parsleyed noodles with some tempeh. i loooooove anything with kraut and then ya go and add in pasta - score!!!

oh yeah, and for the contest: my favorite comfort food of all time would be the tuna casserole my mom used to make. i veganized the recipe about a year ago and i'm soooo happy i did! it was my fav as a child and it's still my favorite now. makes me smile and feel all warm just thinking about it.

thanks again for the give-away, Bianca (and i'm gonna have to pick up some of those Gardein products for dan to try - your review had me drooling!)!

anything with pasta and cheese is the way to my heart! i have been experimenting for the last 9mo though in an effort to completely cut cheese out so this book would go well used in our household. what a great giveaway!

My favorite comfort food is oatmeal, hands down. I grew up eating it for breakfast everyday, and even as an adult, it's hard to go a day without consuming cooked oats. I'll eat oatmeal plain, and often I'll spruce my bowl up with nut butter or fruits.

hey love!!!! my favorite comfort food has got to be jamaican style curry tofu chunks. rice and peas & plantians. This meal makes me feel like i am back home in Jamaica.The seasoning are mouth watering and it was so easy for me to transition over to a vegan diet with comforting meals like this that remind me of home.I would love to own this book since i dont own a cook book. I usually eat out alot. It would mean the world to me. thank you. your blog rox my sox!!! rebelsoulkid@aol.com

I have had a lot of comfort foods over the years, but my go to dish these days is a vegan Chili Mac recipe that I got from Susan at Fat Free Vegan. It is sooooo yummy. I am keeping my fingers - and my toes - crossed for this awesome cookbook. I don't comment often, but just love your blog.~Lollylollyb65(at)cs.com

Gosh, it's such a tossup between mac and cheese and mashed potatoes... And both at the same time on Thanksgiving! Thanks to your dad for the chance to win an awesome cookbook. Love your blog!(sante.erica@gmail.com)

Wow--your father sounds like SUCH an amazingly generous kind man! Thank you Mr. Crunk, lol :-)

My fav comfort food is mashed potatoes swimming in gravy...yummm. Actually, it is really just the gravy (I swear I would just drink it if it were socially acceptable), but you need a vehicle to get it in your tummy, and mashed potatoes are really good too :-)

wow, that is so nice of your dad!my favorite comfort food is definitely the potato- sweet or regular old potatoes-in pretty much any form.. mashed, roasted, baked, or fried! With their appropriate accompaniments- ketchup, earth balance, hummus, coconut oil..oh yum.

Excellent giveaway, I have only been hearing good things about this book. I have wanted a copy ever since you first posted about it. The ultimate comfort food for me is pizza, but I also find dessert (too) comforting. Let's just say that since I gave up dairy I have taken up a lot more baking at home! :)

My favorite comfort food is probably soup. I haven't been cooking much lately, but soup is so easy to make and it's not any more effort to make a ton so that you have leftovers for days and days. I guess it's my recent laziness that makes me enjoy soup so much. :)